Meaning of 尊大(そんだい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 尊大

Kana Reading そんだい

Romaji sondai

Parts of speech

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

haughtiness; pomposity; self-sufficiency

Examples of 尊大, そんだい in a sentence

若い棋士が多少、尊大な感じになるのはよくあることで、そういうことは将棋界に限った話ではないでしょう。

It often happens that young shogi players become a little self-important, but I don't think that's something limited to the shogi world.
彼って尊大な奴だよね。

He is a proud one, you see.
その政治家は尊大な態度で話した。

The politician spoke with an important air.

Related Kanji

尊 JLPT 2

12 strokes

revered, valuable, precious, noble, exalted

On'Yomi: ソン

Kun'Yomi: たっと.い, とうと.い, たっと.ぶ, とうと.ぶ

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大 JLPT 5

3 strokes

large, big

On'Yomi: ダイ, タイ

Kun'Yomi: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに

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